Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overview
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Resumo: | Cancer is one of the diseases of greatest concern in developed countries and much effort has been invested in discovering and developing therapeutics for curing cancer. Despite the improvements in antineoplastic therapeutics in the last decades, cancer is still one of the most harmful diseases worldwide. The global burden of cancer also implies financial costs: these can be direct costs, such as those related to treatment, care, and rehabilitation and indirect, which include the loss of economic output due to missed work (morbidity costs) and premature death (mortality costs). There are also hidden costs such as health insurance premiums and nonmedical expenses that are worth noting. This paper intends to present an overview of the generally forgotten impacts that the increasing number of cancer cases can have on the environment, workers who handle antineoplastic drugs, and health services. The knowledge available of each of the impacts will be addressed and discussed regarding the expected development. Overall, lessons learned reflect on the impact of cancer through aspects not commonly evidenced in the literature or even considered in the socio-economic analysis, in part due to the fact that these are difficult to contemplate in direct and indirect cancer costs already defined. Attention may be drawn to the need for continuous investment in prevention to reduce the negative impact on the environment and in the health of workers who handle antineoplastic drugs for patients’ treatment. |
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Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overviewOccupational healthCancerHealth costsGlobal burdenCancer is one of the diseases of greatest concern in developed countries and much effort has been invested in discovering and developing therapeutics for curing cancer. Despite the improvements in antineoplastic therapeutics in the last decades, cancer is still one of the most harmful diseases worldwide. The global burden of cancer also implies financial costs: these can be direct costs, such as those related to treatment, care, and rehabilitation and indirect, which include the loss of economic output due to missed work (morbidity costs) and premature death (mortality costs). There are also hidden costs such as health insurance premiums and nonmedical expenses that are worth noting. This paper intends to present an overview of the generally forgotten impacts that the increasing number of cancer cases can have on the environment, workers who handle antineoplastic drugs, and health services. The knowledge available of each of the impacts will be addressed and discussed regarding the expected development. Overall, lessons learned reflect on the impact of cancer through aspects not commonly evidenced in the literature or even considered in the socio-economic analysis, in part due to the fact that these are difficult to contemplate in direct and indirect cancer costs already defined. Attention may be drawn to the need for continuous investment in prevention to reduce the negative impact on the environment and in the health of workers who handle antineoplastic drugs for patients’ treatment.HRCAKRCIPLViegas, SusanaLadeira, CarinaCosta-Veiga, AnaPerelman, JulianGajski, Goran2017-12-20T14:55:53Z2017-122017-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7745engViegas S, Ladeira C, Costa-Veiga A, Perelman J, Gajski G. Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overview. Arh Hig Rada Toksikol. 2017;68(4):287-97.10.1515/aiht-2017-68-3005info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-08-03T09:54:17Zoai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/7745Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:16:38.970415Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overview |
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Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overview |
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Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overview Viegas, Susana Occupational health Cancer Health costs Global burden |
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Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overview |
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Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overview |
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Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overview |
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Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overview |
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Forgotten public health impacts of cancer: an overview |
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Viegas, Susana |
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Viegas, Susana Ladeira, Carina Costa-Veiga, Ana Perelman, Julian Gajski, Goran |
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Ladeira, Carina Costa-Veiga, Ana Perelman, Julian Gajski, Goran |
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Viegas, Susana Ladeira, Carina Costa-Veiga, Ana Perelman, Julian Gajski, Goran |
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Occupational health Cancer Health costs Global burden |
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Occupational health Cancer Health costs Global burden |
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Cancer is one of the diseases of greatest concern in developed countries and much effort has been invested in discovering and developing therapeutics for curing cancer. Despite the improvements in antineoplastic therapeutics in the last decades, cancer is still one of the most harmful diseases worldwide. The global burden of cancer also implies financial costs: these can be direct costs, such as those related to treatment, care, and rehabilitation and indirect, which include the loss of economic output due to missed work (morbidity costs) and premature death (mortality costs). There are also hidden costs such as health insurance premiums and nonmedical expenses that are worth noting. This paper intends to present an overview of the generally forgotten impacts that the increasing number of cancer cases can have on the environment, workers who handle antineoplastic drugs, and health services. The knowledge available of each of the impacts will be addressed and discussed regarding the expected development. Overall, lessons learned reflect on the impact of cancer through aspects not commonly evidenced in the literature or even considered in the socio-economic analysis, in part due to the fact that these are difficult to contemplate in direct and indirect cancer costs already defined. Attention may be drawn to the need for continuous investment in prevention to reduce the negative impact on the environment and in the health of workers who handle antineoplastic drugs for patients’ treatment. |
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